Articles filed under Politics
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Brewers say higher beer tax would be hard to swallowMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Craft beer brewers and advocates gathered Friday at the Capitol to oppose a tax increase on beer and cider that Gov. J.B. Pritzker introduced last week to ...
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Mueller changed everythingMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - From now on, the Trump-Russia affair - the investigation that dominated the first years of Donald Trump's presidency - will be divided into two parts: before and after t...
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Now's the time to watch state government - and to watch carefullyMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers have been meeting and filing bills since early January, but the time you really need to be paying attention is now. And how you pay attention is also ...
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Chicago bank CEO accused of bribing Manafort for administration jobMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - Stephen Calk, a former economic adviser to President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, was indicted Thursday for allegedly approving $16 million in loans to for...
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Lawmakers join labor, business in call for data center tax incentivesMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of upstate and downstate Republicans and Democrats joined labor and business interests Wednesday to call on the General Assembly to pass a bill tha...
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Tollway promises new vote after chairman approves subcontract with former employerMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - On Feb. 27, Will Evans resigned as chief diversity officer with HBK Engineering LLC. Seven weeks later, as the new chairman of the Illinois tollway board, he voted to ap...
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Editorial: What Lauren Underwood said, what she meant and why it doesn't matterMay 22, 2019 11:00 pm - How you interpret Lauren Underwood's comments on Wednesday is probably a pretty good indicator of where you fall on our nation's great divide. The freshman congresswoman...
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House GOP continues push against a graduated state income taxMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Republicans on Wednesday repeated their opposition to a graduated income tax amendment touted by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. In the fourth news co...
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Underwood says border policies resulted in child deaths, draws rebukeMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - Rep. Lauren Underwood received a rebuke from her own committee members Wednesday stemming from comments some GOP representatives interpreted as accusing U.S. Customs and...
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'Enough gun violence': Rally urges tougher licensing processMay 22, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers and supporters of a bill that would strengthen the Firearm Owners Identification card system chanted "Fix the FOID" in front of the statue of Abr...